GLENDALE, Ariz. — Terence Newman returned an interception 54 yards for the only touchdown by either team’s starters and the Cincinnati Bengals went on to a 19-13 exhibition victory over the Arizona Cardinals last night.

Mike Nugent added field goals of 48 and 36 yards for Cincinnati (1-2). Quinn Sharp was good from 34 and 51 yards in the fourth quarter for the deciding points.

Jay Feely, competing with rookie Chandler Catanzaro for the Cardinals’ kicking job, made a 24-yarder but missed from 48 yards. Catanzaro made a 23-yard attempt.

The Cardinals (1-2) got their lone touchdown on a 30-yard pass from backup Drew Stanton to rookie John Brown with 1:29 left in the third quarter, tying it at 13.

The Bengals’ Andy Dalton completed 13 of 21 passes for 183 yards.

Carson Palmer was 7 of 19 for 92 yards for the Cardinals. Larry Fitzgerald caught five of Palmer’s throws for 71 yards.

Both teams played their starters the entire first half.

Palmer was facing the team he quarterbacked for the first eight years of his NFL career before an acrimonious split sent him to the Oakland Raiders. Dalton replaced Palmer as a rookie in 2011.

Cornerback Leon Hall said “it means something to me, for emotional reasons I guess” to hold Palmer without a touchdown.

“But really, I’d feel almost the same way regardless who we were playing,” Hall said. “This was what they call a rehearsal game. … This builds some momentum for (the season opener against) Baltimore.”

The matchup featured two of the top defenses from last season.

On the Cardinals’ second possession, it was third-and-7 from the Arizona 40-yard line when Palmer fired a pass intended for Fitzgerald. But the errant throw went right to Newman, who evaded a couple of would-be tacklers on the way to the end zone.

The Arizona starters’ biggest offensive threat came on their first possession of the second quarter. The defense forced the Bengals to punt from their 6-yard line, giving the Cardinals good field position at the Cincinnati 41.

Statistically, at least, the Bengals’ starters had the advantage, outgaining Arizona 198-141 in total yards in the first half.

“On defense, we had some negative plays,” Bengals coach Marvin Lewis said, “but overall the effort and, of course, the point total was what you are looking for.”

Cincinnati led 13-3 at the half.

The Bengals were hit with several injuries. Inside linebacker Vontaze Burfict left the game in the first quarter because of a hamstring injury. Rookie guard Trey Hopkins was carted off the field in the fourth because of a right shin injury. Moments later, receiver James Wright left on a cart because of a concussion. Guard T.J. Johnson became the third Bengals player carted off the field in the fourth. Details on his injury weren’t immediately available.